A White Minority in Post-Civil Rights Mississippi (Paperback)

In this book, Thomas Adams Upchurch presents the true story of a white youth's experiences with race relations in the early years of integration in Mississippi. Upchurch, a first-generation product of the integrated public schools in Mississippi, describes what it was like to be white in a public school that was 70% black. The book offers a glimpse into the triumphs, challenges, and failures of integration in the 1970s and 1980s and beyond, from one 'white minorityOs' perspective. By analyzing the factors of prejudice, academics, sports, masculinity, religion, and attempts at racial reconciliation, this book vividly shows why race relations must be kept in the context of the larger picture of southern life and society. It hopes to bring more attention to this little-discussed and infrequently written-about period and topic of American history.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Thomas Adams Upchurch (Asst. Professor of History, East Georgia College, Statesboro, USA)
Dimensions:	216 x 141 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	90
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-2962-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7618-2962-8
Barcode:	9780761829621

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